星巴克 (Xīngbākè): Starbucks

Meanings

我们去星巴克喝杯咖啡吧。

Wǒmen qù Xīngbākè hē bēi kāfēiba.

Let's go to Starbucks for a cup of coffee.

中国的星巴克比美国多。

Zhōngguó de Xīngbākè bǐ Měiguó duō.

There are more Starbucks in China than in America.

memory

星 (star) + 巴克 (bucks) — a near-perfect phonetic transliteration where 星 also preserves the meaning of 'star'.

星 xīng

巴 bā

克 kè